American Vandal is an American television mockumentary series that premiered on Netflix on September 15, 2017.The series is a satire of true crime documentaries such as Making a Murderer and Serial. American Vandal was co-created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda, with Dan Lagana acting as the showrunner. One eight-episode season has been released.The series follows the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.American Vandal Season 1 DVD Senior class clown Dylan Maxwell Jimmy Tatro is accused of the crime by the school. He is expelled, but an investigation into the incident is launched by sophomore Peter Maldonado Tyler Alvarez to uncover if Dylan was the one truly behind the crime.